Deadly Duo by lowgro395

Format: Commander

Commander: Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper and Tymna the Weaver

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 57

Deck overview

This Abzan deck utilizes the partner pairing of Tymna the Weaver and Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper to fuse aggressive early combat card advantage with massive mid-game lifegain. The deck deploys efficient 1-2 drop creatures and ramp pieces early to trigger Tymna across multiple opponents, keeping hand size high and digging for key pieces. Once established, the massive life totals generated by Ikra Shidiqi fuel powerful alternate win conditions and lifegain payoffs. The primary win condition is the deterministic infinite combo between Exquisite Blood and Dina, Soul Steeper (or Marauding Blight-Priest), which eliminates the entire table in a single turn. Backup lines utilize Aetherflux Reservoir to laser down opponents or Archangel of Thune and Akroma's Will to convert life into lethal combat swings. Supported by dense protection like Voice of Victory and Heroic Intervention, the deck presents a resilient and highly focused game plan.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Amalia Benavides Aguirre
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Avoid Fate
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Captain America's Shield
  • 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Doran, the Siege Tower
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Gathering Place
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
  • 1 Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
  • 1 Leyline Prowler
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Selenia, the Cursed Heart
  • 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 South Wind Avatar
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Tymna the Weaver
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault Skirge
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Will of the Abzan
  • 1 Wooded Bastion